What does "combined shipping" for subscriptions actually mean? If I get the Watchmen and DCIE subs, does this mean the two sub figures will ship together for the shipping cost of 1 (approx $9) or that they'll discount shipping a little bit, so two figures will ship for like $14?

What does "combined shipping" for subscriptions actually mean? If I get the Watchmen and DCIE subs, does this mean the two sub figures will ship together for the shipping cost of 1 (approx $9) or that they'll discount shipping a little bit, so two figures will ship for like $14?

Here's my question if Mattel wants these subs to do well why do they not advertise them, besides on collector sights. There is a He-man comic and many DC comics why not use add space in those. How about on the DC nation hour to let kids and moms know about them. I' mean seriously isn't the He-man and the Masters of the Universe in reruns on some channel? I mean how hard is it to say "Hey kids ask your parents to go to Mattycollector.com and you can continue the adventure with your very own He-man and the Masters of the Universe action figures!" Does know one remember the 80's ?

Here's my question if Mattel wants these subs to do well why do they not advertise them, besides on collector sights. There is a He-man comic and many DC comics why not use add space in those. How about on the DC nation hour to let kids and moms know about them. I' mean seriously isn't the He-man and the Masters of the Universe in reruns on some channel? I mean how hard is it to say "Hey kids ask your parents to go to Mattycollector.com and you can continue the adventure with your very own He-man and the Masters of the Universe action figures!" Does know one remember the 80's ?

I'm guessing they don't feel that market share is worth the expense. Outside from anyone who checks forums and eBay, no one would know about the sub. I'm sure we are not the only ones who collect. I have customers who check retail stores for figures, nothing more. They don't read up on stuff they just look around. Last year I turned them onto the subscription. But they had no idea. I don't see why the Club Infinite Earths isn't run in a couple of DC Comics during the month of sign up. I don't see wher ethe club can pull in anyone new outside of word of mouth... and the word of mouth I see is mostly negative...

What does "combined shipping" for subscriptions actually mean? If I get the Watchmen and DCIE subs, does this mean the two sub figures will ship together for the shipping cost of 1 (approx $9) or that they'll discount shipping a little bit, so two figures will ship for like $14?

I think alcinde4 already did, but I'll give it a go. Based on what I've read from members with multiple subscriptions DR(or Matty) combines them and send them all together. Can anyone who's done this back me up on this though. I've only done the DCU sub and that's all I'm probably continuing with, aside from the JLU stuff.

Combined shipping means that all your different subs will ship together, for an amount based on the weight and destination of the shipment. Which is pretty much a standard definition of combined shipping, right? It does NOT mean that you pay an amount to ship one sub, but then any sub you add on top of the first one ships for free with the first sub's shipping cost. It all depends on how many figs ship in the subs as well. Some months have a regular fig and an oversized fig, so it might be a dollar or two more than if it was only one fig.

Thank you to all who responded. I get it now. Still don't know if I'm going to go with DCIE. Watchmen is a definite YES though.

Just to give you an idea on pricing, I've got six pieces coming to me this month (2 Spikor, 2 Starman and 2 Rocket Red), normally one piece is around $8.70 (ground shipping) but my total shipping this month is $12.40 - just over $2 per figure - it really does pay to buy in bulk as far as shipping is concerned. If there's anyone in the immediate area you can combine subs with you should really consider that, too.

Well it's now been a week since the subscriptions went up and we're only at around 27-28% for the DC sub. Just two weeks left.

I wonder if they adjusted their expectations this year based on how many people signed up last year, or if they once again set the bar way too high, even though it's likely they'd only get the same number of people signing up this year as last year (if not less).

Sadly I don't think we're going to reach their goal again, but when all is said and done I'd love to know how many sign-ups they got this year compared to last. They don't have to reveal exact numbers, but it would be interesting to know if it equaled or exceeded last year's number.